Local notes on sales, events and notices in Denton area
Numerous local ads and notices from Denton Maryland including furniture sales and prices, rental listings, a pony penning date, gardening and seed offerings, a bake sale, miscel laneous farm goods, a lost watch reward, a tuberculosis clinic, business changes at Beck Chevrolet, tractor listings, and public notices about railway foreclosures, heat waves, and crop conditions across the Eastern Shore. The items reference Gray Hill Gardens Ridgely, M. K. Newnam Denton, Nuttle Lumber Denton, and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Newnan
Market Street
J. L. Everngam
Denton
Chincoteague
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Gray Hill Gardens
Ridgely
M. K. Newnam
M. Kk
Newnam
Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co
Denton Church to Install Baltimore Organ Memorial
A pipe organ will be installed in the Methodist Episcopal Church donated by H A Brown Dunning of Slynson Westcott and Dunning Baltimore as a memorial to his late mother Mrs Charles Dunning. He also gives $300 for organ music lessons. A delegation including C Percy Dunning and Rev E C Hallman confirmed the gift. The church roof and spire have been restored and plans include a new Sunday school room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. A. Brown Dunning
Slynson, Westcott and
F. L. R. Nuttle
E. C. Hallman
Mr. Dunning
Annual Picnic Set by Caro Line County Federation
The Caro Line County Federation of Women's Clubs holds its annual summer meeting at Choptank on Thursday July 30 convening at 11 oclock. Twentieth Century Club of Choptank hosts with an afternoon program by S B Shaw Maryland University College Park. Coffee lemonade served free. lunch available for a small cost. President Mrs Frank Flounders Ridgely invites wide attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Twentieth Century Club of
Chop‘tank
Twentieth Century Club
W. R. Dulin
S. B. Shaw
Maryland University
College Park
Hostess Club
Frank Flounders
Ridgely
Federation
Local Congregation to Hear Ilarold Shively Preach
Goldsboro resident Ilarold Shively returned home with his uncle aunt and Rev T J Lambert to speak at the M E Church South next Sunday at 7 45 P M All are invited. Several locals and visitors including Mrs Edward Krissel and children and Miss Florence Boyd of Philadelphia visited relatives here during the week and weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilarold Shively
Philadelphia
Roy Brown
T. J. Lambert
Baltimore
M. E
Edward Krissel
Wilmington
W. J. Murphy
Harrington
Slaughter Beach
Florence Boyd
Noble Dhue
Calvin Elliott
Ruth
Walter Elliott
J. S. Lapham
Carl Larsen
Chicago
William Ogle
Baby
Elbert Saunders
Addie Jarrell
Preston
Robert Jarrell
Alberta Ross
Betty Smith
Rehoboth
Ella Clayton
Howard Thomas
A. C. Smith
Elmira Killen
Felton
Unity Women's Club July Meeting at Mrs Irvin Theis Home
Burrsville notes the Unity Women's Club July meeting at Mrs Irvin Theis residence on Wednesday the 29th, urging members to attend as the last summer gathering. Miss Spafford will attend. The Mite Society of Union M Church hosted at Mr and Mrs J W Price on Friday night July 10. August meeting planned at Mr and Mrs Austine Stafford home. Several local visits noted including Philadelphia by Blades and Billing families to Mrs Blades and Mrs Billing's brother Robert Russell, who is ill. Farm equipment fire destroyed outbuildings and implements on Mr F P Parker's Woodenhank farm. Grandsons Robert Hooper and Wesley Thawley visiting Denton this week. Rehoboth visit by Fred and James Lewis and Maryland relatives. Mrs J W Price and Mrs C W Willis with son visited Ridgely relatives Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Office
Denton
Hardy Phlox
A. G. Saulsbury
Gray Hill Gardens
Ridgely
Masonic
George W. Beck
Den-Mar Mobile Co
Chevrolet Distributors
Beck Chevrolet Sales
Ellis Champion
Fordson
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
McCormick-Deering
Denton Journal
M. A. Brackett
Market Street
Caroline County
Greensboro
Preston
Federalsburg
M. K. Newnam
Maryland
E. Austin Baughman
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway
Mt. Vernon
Somerset County
O. T. Baynard
John Wesley
Asbury
Joseph H. Harrington
Harrington
Del
Esther M. Bowdle
Grace L. Bowdle
Frederick L. Bowdle
E. C. Hallman
Hilda Bowdle
Smithers Harrington
Warrington
Canada
M. P
Leese
M. E
Turkington
Brethren Church
Hallman
Henry
Havre de Grace
Burton Madison Parker
W. B. Parker
Ella Cecilia Price
Eslwood QO. Jones
Parker
Veteran’s Hospital
Perry Point
Order of de Molay
Kemp
Cascade
Montana
Betty Hughes
Hezekiah Masten
Felton
Helen Boyce
Eldorado
Pearl Willis
Harmony
San Francisco
California
Yellow Stone National Park
Los Angeles
Alverta Rebecca Rogers
O. W. Rogers
Hayden
Edward C. Quillen
Harvey Quillen
Easton
Edgar T. Reed
Walter Butler
Louise Crouse
Westminster
Wm. J. Kindley
Baltimore
T. Pliny Fisher
Unity Women’s Club
Irvin Theis
Miss Spafford
Mite Society of Union M. P. Church
J. W. Price
Austine Stafford
G. L. Blades
Harlan Blades
Harriett Billing
Robert Hooper
Wesley, Jr
Thawley
Fred Lewis
James Lewis
Rehoboth
C. W. Willis
Coming Attractions At The Capital Theatre Dover
Dover Capitol Theatre offers a busy week headlined by William Haines in Just A Gigolo and the dancing partner, with Gents of Leisure and Bobby Jones golf feature and Story Book Parade. Wednesday shows Never the Twain Shall Meet, Pete and Repeat, Red Riding Hood. Friday includes Front Page with Adventures in Africa and Mother Goose Melodies. Next week to include Daddy Long Legs and Young Donovan's Kid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haines
Gents of Leisure
Bobby Jones
Pete
Repeat
Africa
Weekly Ridgely News Letter character study of John
Rev Zeigler announces Sunday topic a character study of the apostle John. Rev Edward Zeigler will preach morning, previously in Tennessee with plans to go to India in fall. Numerous local residents, visits, weddings, travel and church notices fill the week in Ridgely including hospital news and social events.
Funeral for John T Moore held at Baptist Church
John T Moore 76 a Greensboro resident for 30 years died at home last Saturday around 10 30 pm after four weeks illness. He leaves wife and children Fred and Harry Wilmington John Denton Medford Moore and two daughters, Mrs Helen Conner and Mrs Nettie Jump of Greensboro. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 pm officiated by Rev Lawson Jump with two other ministers. burial in Ridgely Cemetery. Several relatives and friends noted in local notices. extensive list of visitors and callers follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Moore
Greensboro
Fred
Harry
Wilmington
John
Denton
Medford Moore
Helen Conner
Nettie Jump
The
Baptist Church
Lawson Jump
Mary Garrett
J. C. Ledbetter
Ridgely Cemetery
M. K. Newnam
Elizabeth Masten
Felton
Elizabeth Hughes
C. A. Dyar
Cascade
Mont
Hughes Brothers
Farm Bureau Picnic Highlights County Gathering
The Caroline County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association held its annual picnic Friday July 21 on D. M. Cheezum’s Preston area farm beside the Choptank river. Activities included games, a beauty contest for members’ daughters, and vocal numbers by local residents. County officials and state leaders spoke in the afternoon as 180 members enjoy a day of recreation and food provided by 4-H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
D. M. Cheezum
Preston
Frank Ledman
Herman
Theodore Sehmick
C. M. Jones
Greensboro
W. H. Evans
Denton
Daughters of Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau
Baltimore
Victor Dean
Federalsburg
The
Farm Bureau
J. W. Davis
If. M. Payne
Caroline Farm Bureau
H. H. Nuttle
E. H. E. Thieroff
C. J. Kern
J. B. Kibler
Oscar Nichols
Walter Liden
Byron Griffith
In memory of our baby Alice Jane Maloney
A memorial verse for Alice Jane Maloney who died July 26 1930 at one year old. Parents and a little brother remember the infant with tender affection and faith. The poem recalls an empty crib, a voice stilled, and a place in the home forever vacant, laid to rest with heavenly blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jane Maloney
Earth
Hillsboro Queen Anne Letterful Local Social Roundup
Hillsboro and Ridgely residents visitations noted with many names. Betterton and Baltimore travelers are listed alongside local hosts and visitors. Several families and individuals are mentioned as entertaining or visiting, and a sick child is noted with wishes for recovery.
Seaside visitors and local residents noted in week’s social
Queen Anne Mrs. T Morton returns home from Washington. Prof Thurman Nelson attends Maryland University summer school and spent the weekend at home. James Briscoe of Wilmington and Hattie Bunting of Ocean City vacation with Briscoe parents. Mrs S T Culver Hebron and Miss Margaret Oliphant Salisbury visit Mrs Culver’s mother Mrs Jake Morgan. Dudley Barnette and children of Baltimore return after days with Mrs Keplar Barnette. Joe Steele and children from Washington DC vacation with Mr and Mrs D M Lee. Eleanor Flowers leaves today for Camp Wright near Love Point for two weeks. Prof and Mrs Clarence Cordrey Melburn Salisbury guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Rhodes. Wm Schmitt of Baltimore visits John Trice. Elizabeth Howard of Baltimore visits aunt Mrs Horace Morgan. Mrs Horace Morgan and children spend Thursday with friends in Harlock. Marie Taylor of St Michaels visits aunt Mrs Bernard Mes SIX,1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Morton
Washington, D. C
Thurman Nelson
Maryland University
James Briscoe
Wilmington
Hattie Bunting
Ocean City
Oscar Briscoe
S. T. Culver
Hebron
Margaret Oliphant
Camp Wright
Love Point
Clarence Cordrey
Melburn
Salisbury
Charles Rhodes
Wm. Schmitt
Baltimore
John Trice
Elizabeth Howard
Horace Morgan
Harlock
Marie Taylor
St. Michaels
Bernard Messix
Local Social Notes Across Dover and Nearby Towns
Maryde Miss Mildred Medford recovers from a six month old auto accident and walks with a cane while staying with her uncle in Dover. Dover hospital updates and resident improvements share the week’s small town greetings including visits from Lakeland Florida and New York to family homes in Forest Hills and Greensboro.
Local social visitors and weekend guests listed
Hobbs Miss Elizabeth Martin and Miss Faith Burkett were Wednesday guests for the Misses Helen and Catherine Towers. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Smith and little daughters, Esther and Sue, were recent guests of Burrsville friends. Rev. and Mrs. Clark Marshall, of Church Hill, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Willey. Mr. and Mrs. Hazelwood Spicer were Sunday evening guests of Mrs. L. R. Dukes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Martin
Faith Burkett
Helen
Catherine Towers
F. N. Smith
Esther
Sue
Burrsville
Clark Marshall
Church Hill
E. M. Willey
Hazelwood Spicer
L. R. Dukes
Caroline County Show Highlights Dairy Breeds and 4-H Notables
About 300 attended the third annual Caroline County cattle show at Schulke's Grove near Preston. County Agent William Evans directed activities featuring Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey and Ayrshire exhibits, with 4-H Club members from Ridgely and Greensboro competing in a judged event. Awards honored numerous age groups and breed classes, with demonstrations on sanitary dairy utensil care by Ridgely 4-H boys. Luncheon was provided by Preston 4-H Club girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline County
Schulke's Grove
Preston
County Farm Bureau and Dairymen
William ST. Evans
Guernsey
Jersey
Ayrshire
de Voe Meade
University of Maryland
J. A. Conover
University
Ridgely
Greensboro
Abram Gottwalls
Edgar Weaver
Roland Ebling
Rufus King
Clinton Gary
George Basee
Wilson Johnson
Harrington
Cambridge
Tim ‘Onium
Evans
Rufus’King
Richard Blackburn
Ridgely Club
Adam Fuchs
Brooks Nagel
Clarence Kern
Wilbert Conley
David Mitchell
W. F. Gadow
John Gehring
Schmick Brothers
Otis Wharton
John Dietrick
Edward Schmick
Charles Dean
W. R. Dulin
D. W. Turner
John Schmick
Theodore Schulke
Joseph Edwards
Paul Longfellow
W. H.' S Hubbard
Paul, Longfellow
Thomas Ellwanger
Caroline
County Farms
Denton
Elmer Kelley
S. E. Douglas
Paul Bickling
Ralph Bickling
George Bastian
Nellie Harris
Dukes Henning
R. T. K. Garey
Charles Dukes
Preston Carnival Opens With Homecoming Night Plans
Preston Volunteer Fire Co. Carnival begins Friday July 24 with nightly programs and prizes. Parade on Wednesday July 29 with many Shore companies expected. Homecoming Night Saturday August features prizes for former residents traveling far. Final night Monday August 3 offers a Pontiac and a Kelvinator Refrigerator to two lucky numbers. Also notes local obituaries and social news from Preston and nearby Williston communities.
Williston Will Host Evening Services And Farewell for Rev Nugent
Tomorrow at 7 30 p m Williston Church will hold preaching and song services. It will be Rev T L Nugent’s last sermon until after his summer vacation. Local residents urged to join in prayer as they hurry about their Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williston Church
T. L. Nugent
James Collins
Collins
Lillian Collins
Wilmington
Weekend Visitors From Wilmington and Surrounding Towns
Residents from Folsom and Wilmington visited relatives and friends across the area. Many spent Sunday at Rehoboth Beach Tolchester Beach and Richardson Park while others traveled to North East Dover and Baltimore for visits and errands over the weekend.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Local Department
Mary Hoey
Jacksonville
Fla
Wilbert Callaway
Margaret Brown
Halsey-By- The-Sea
S. Robert Fleetwood
Slick
Ellen
Sadlersville
Carl de Jonge
Washington
Jane Redden
George T. Redden
Alphia Clark
Mabel Duffey
Betty Ruark
Margaret Rounds
Mary Orme
T. Alan Goldsborough
George
M. M. Mowbray
Centreville
Mary Melvin
Westbury
N. Y
Vyrrape
Goldsboro
Capital Theatre
Dover
Harry Zeigler
Edward Zeigler
Tennessee
India
Jesse Zeigler
Methodist
Methodist Parsonage
Zelma Winstead
Mallory Winstead
Roland Cherry
George Cherry
Roy Tawes
Ocean Grove
N. J
Tawes
Miss Onetin
Gumboro
M. F. King
Bernard King
Winterthur
Anna King
Elizabethtown
Harold Fountain
Millington
Arthur Peacock
Jamaica
L. I
Charles Starkey
Peacock
Elizabeth Wilson
Newport
Delian Green
Elizabeth
Norman Wilson
Calvin Lynch
Ronald Lane
Lane
Meginney
Reformed Church
G. W. Wardner
Homemakers’ Club
James Simons
James Swing
Thompson Swing
Ohio
Mount Joy
Dorothy Mancha
Harry Hemmons
Troy Ashcraft
North Carolina
Selby Smith
Holland
A. B. Parsons
Anna Frances Seward
Williston
B. C. Ringgold
Clarence
Elmer Hoffman
Arlington
Lydia Wilson
Cora Allen
Louise Dukes
Adam Holsinger
E. F. Pearsaul
Clinton Roberts
Patrick Shives
Albert White
Richard White
Telchester
William Davis
Chester River
Catherine McElwain
Pittsburgh
J. A. Mitchell
Federal Court
J. T. Moore
Holsinger
Ennis Ferrick
James Lane
Hazel Eaton
Queen Anne
Linwood
Andrew
Wolace Howard
Wilbur Carroll
Albert Carroll
Coatsville
Reading
Roland Pippin
Bessie Stevenson
Meredith College
Raleigh
N. C
L. W. Taylor
Keene Saulsbury
Boone Case Taylor
Thomas Shankes
Mary
Wm. Tollson
Grasonville
S. N. Harris
Betty
Floyd Yocum
Bastian
Baptist Ladies Aid
Albert Shields
Floyd Travers
Camden
Monnday
Charles Travers
H. H. Dennison
Wilson Thornton
Charles McClyments
Town
Betterton
Walter Ingram
Irving
Rash
Herbert Pinder
Cordova
John Wyatt
Laura Freed
Laurel Springs
Sophia Howard
Muriel
Archie
W. Thomas Thornton
Carl
Adeline Pritchett
Betty Wyatt Ware
Saulsbury Cottage
Orville
William Tompkins and Sons
Salem
Jessie Wyatt
Cora Wyatt
Margaret Sylvester
W. B. Moore
Josphine Moore
Oscar Wyatt
James Curry
Memoriam
Hillsboro
Tuckahoe
Gee
Stewart
Frank Fleming
Virginia
Ethel Holt
Frances Fisher
G. L. Wilson
Christine Wilson
J. E. Wothers
Jas. E. Sherwood
Sadie Wothers
R. W. Beaven
Miriam
Mildred Gale
Elwood Fleming
C. R. Hicks
Dora Limpert
Dora Morris
N. R. Covell
C. K. Stewart
Ann Stewart
Elizabeth Detwiler
Edward Wheeler
Ella Pennington
Annie Jump
Eugene Knot
Maryde
Mildred Medford
Jas. Scotston
Fred Bowdle
C. W. Jacobs
Lakeland
Oscar Morris
Forest Hills
Atlantic City
Linwood Cohee
Buck
Wesley Smith
Sara Glass
Johns Hopkins University
Raymond Shultie
John Stafford
Edward Wright
Clayton
Harry Heather
Ambrose Gooden
Harry Bowdle
Ruth Hall
Elizabeth Hall
T. O. Ford
Evelyn
Reshoboth
Geo. Parshall
Violet Gibson
Evelyn Ford
Titania Standertson
Rolph's Wharf
Hobbs
Preston Volunteer Fire Co
Kelvinator
Matthew Charles
Charles
Olin Todd
J. L. Gallagher
Wm. Noble
Church of the New Jerusalem
Charlotte Ann Pastorfield
Mary Emily Breeding
Eleanor Trice
W. J. Bonner
Reese Dean
Wmirs
Wm. McAllister
van Lear
Wm. Wrightson
Bernice Willis
C. Fulton Noble
Heber Lane
Ed. Patchett and Son
Gertrude Meeks
Raymond Poole
Lloyd Cannon
Jane
Frances Perry
Harry Wright
J. R. Downes
Newark
James Bowling
A. EK. Wrightson
Twilley
Raymond
Herman Parsley
Dorothy Wright
Wilson Dillon
Dot Noble
Patty Payne
Henderson
Wm. Goodwin
Folsom
John Cooper
Alda Montague
Wm. Thomas
Ruthanna Shultie
Rehoboth Beach
James Melvin
Norman
Edith
Chas. Cartwright
Richardson Park
Norman Bickling
Bobby
Ben Mahan
Delaware Beach
J. G. Lynn
Elizabeth Proctor
North East
Annabel Clark
Evelyn Walls
Marie Baughley
Jacob Melvin
Tolchester Beach
Jas. Reed
Roland Carter
Ethelyn Melvin
Wm. Sanders
Rosanna Richard
T. P. Richard
Laura Smith
Lizzie Dill
Frank Scull
Ladies Aid
Herman Godwin
John Pritchett
Laura Stubbs
Montaigne
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